Floor waxer and polisher



Dec l2, 1950 P. J. AcocELLA z-:T A1. 2,533,706

FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHER Filed Feb. 9, 1950 Patented Dec. 12, 1950 FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHER Pasquale J. Acocella and Dominick Capaccione, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application February 9, 1950, Serial N o. 143,208

2 Claims.

This invention is a floor waXer and polisher adapted to apply wax uniformly to a surface to be treated and thereafter polish the wax thus applied.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction for the purposes stated.

Important features of this invention are a novel means to control the feed of wax from a container to the floor surface and the provision on the container of a novel spreader to distribute the wax uniformly over` the surface. |The spreader is made removable so that after the wax has been properly applied and spread, a polisher may be substituted for said spreader to facilitate the polishing of the surface as treated.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and appended claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as dening the limits of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of the device of this invention with the wax spreader associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the p-olisher which is adapted to be substituted for the spreader.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the device with portions thereof shown in section.

Figure 4 is a fragmental perspective view showing certain parts partially dismantled to better show the structure thereof.

Figure 5 is a fragmental section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Figure 5.

In said drawing, I designates a receptacle or container provided with a socket 2 at its rear end for the reception of an appropriate handle. The container I has a filling opening at its top adapted to be normally sealed by a screw cap 3 and along the forward portion of its bottom are positioned spaced apart L-shaped holding flanges 4, These flanges are adapted to interchangeably support a wax spreader 5 and a polisher 6.V The spreader is preferably of sponge rubber provided along its opposite sides with channels to detachably engage said flanges. The polisher 6 is similarly formed and channeled as shown but preferably has a felt polishing surface.

The bottom wall of the container is provided with a slot extending transversely about midway between the front and rear edges of the container and in this slot is permanently attached an outer tube l, by soldering, welding or in any other suitable manner, so that said outer tube forms, in effect, a portion of the bottom of the container. One end of this outer tube is closed, as shown at 8 in Figure 5, while the other end is opened and projects slightly beyond the contiguous end wall of the container as shown best in Figures 1 and 4.

Into this open end of the outer tube 1 is inserted an inner tube 9, having a fairly close rotatable nt with the outer tube. That portion of the outer tube within the interior of the container is provided with inlet openings I0 while the bottom portion of the outer tube which is exterior of the container is provided with outlet openings I I. The inner tube is provided with upper and lower openings I2 and I3 so positioned with respect to one another and the openings I0 and I I that the openings I2 may be brought into registration with the openings Il! when the openings I3 are in registration with the openings II, so that wax from within the container I may flow through the openings I Il and I2 into the interior of the inner tube and exit therefrom through the openings I 3 and II to be deposited on the surface to be treated.

In Figure 4 the inner tube is partially withdrawn from the outer tube. As shown in this figure the outer tube has an operating lever I4 which, when the tubes are in seated relation, occupies an arcuate cut-out I5 in the extension of the outer tube. When thus positioned the outer end of both the inner and outer tubes are sealed by a cap I6 having a screw threaded or forced fit with the outer tube.

When the lever I4 is in the position shown in full lines in lFigure 3, wax will be permitted to flow from the container to the surface to be treated. When it is desired to shut off the flow of wax, the lever is moved into the dotted line position of this figure to oscillate the inner tube so that the openings in said inner and outer tubes will be out of register and the feed of wax will be shut off.

When applying wax through the registering openings as stated, the wax will be deposited on the surface, but as the casing is manipulated back and forth through the medium of the handle, the rubber spreader will distribute the wax evenly over the surface so as to form a substantially uniform coating thereover.

After the surface to be treated has been thoroughly waxed, the spreader may be removed from the holding iianges 4 by slipping it laterally free from said flanges and the polisher 6 may then be substituted therefor. This polisher is shown as somewhat wider than the spreader so as to provide more polishing surface for there is no objection to a portion of this polisher underlying the wax outlet as no wax is being fed during the polishing operation. The rib 6b which extends across the upper surface of the polisher is made sufliciently deep so that the body of the polisher will be spaced below and clear the outer tube 1. A

During the application of wax to the surface, the weight of the forward portion of the container is carried by the spreader, the rear portion of the container being supported from 'the handle. This imposes practically the entire Weight of the device upon the relatively narrow spreader, so that it functions to distribute the Wax in a relatively thin iilm o f uniform thickness. However We find it advantageous to provide a larger pol-.- ishing arca and for this reason make the polishin g pad wider as shown.

We also find it desirable to make the rear pore tion of the bottom wall of the container ,slope upwardly as indicated at il. rFhis not only allou/ s Wax to flow more freely to the discharge tubes, but also permits downward tilting o1 t container on the rear edge portion o1 the spreadser-should it be desired to form a thinner coating of the Wax than would .otherwise be the case ir the spreader operated at against the surface of the floor.

The .device .0f this invention maybe economioaily manufactured. It is readily manipulated during use and functions with lhigh eiiicieney in the -carrying out of its intended purposes.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth .the invention in its preferred practical forni, but the invention is to be understood, .as fully ocminensurate with the appended claims.

Y Having thus fully described the invention, what We 'airn as new and desire tok secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A Waxing and polishing device comprising: a container for wax provided across its bottom with an outer tube having 4wax inlet openings on the upper .side of the tube interiorly of the container and outlet openings on the bottom of the tube exteriorly of the container, one of the ,ends of said outer tube projecting outwardly beyond said container, a circumferentially extending arcuate slot in the upper portion of said projecting end of said outer tube, an inner tube seated within the outer tube with a close rotatable t and provided with openings adapted through rotation of the inner tube to register with the openings of the outer tube to regulate the feed of wax from the container to the surface to be treated, a finger piece secured to the inner tube and eX- tendin-g through said arcuate slot in the outer tube for arcuately adjusting the inner tube, means for closing both ends of both tubes, holding flanges extending transversely of the under side of the container for detaohably supporting a spreader beneath the container, and a spreader detachably mounted in said flanges.

Y2. A Waxing vand polishingdevice comprising: a container for wax having a bottom wall provided with a slot extending thereacross, the portion of said bottom Wall rearwardly of said slot sloping upwardly away from such slot, an outer tube mounted in said slot and having wax inlet openings on the upper side of the tube interiorly of the container and outiet openings on the bottom of the tube eXteriorly .of the container, one of the ends of said outer tube projecting outwardly beyond said container and the other ci the ends of said .outer tube being closed, a oircumerentially extending arcuate slot in the upper portion of vsaid projectingv end of said outer tube, an inner .tube seated within the outer tube with a close rotatable t and provided with openings adapted through rotation of the inner tube to register with the openings oi the outer tube to regulate the .feed of war: from the container to the surface to be treated, a nger piece secured to the inner tube and extending through said arcuate slot in the outer tube for arouately adjusting the inner tube, a cap closing the projecting end of said youter tube, holding forwardly of said outer tube and e;=;tend'in-g transversely o f said bottoni wall of the container for detachably supporting a spreader beneath the container, and a spreader detachably mounted in said anges.

PASQUALE J. ACOCELLA. DOMINICK CAPACCIONE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the nie vof this patent:

UNITED 4STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,159,689 Farrell May '23, 19,39 2,475,189 LaScala et al. Ju'ly 5, 1949 

